According to all the spam I just emptied, all is not lost that my pineal gland is gone missing. They are guaranteeing that they can enlarge my penis!! I really don’t understand the point of that. They can’t possibly sell stuff by spamming totally inappropriate posts can they? Of course if I was a guy with a little weenie, maybe I’d fall for it. But why are they putting that on a post about a brain tumor? or a post about depression and suicide? Really., I promise I’m not depressed because I have a teeny weewee 😛

Oh give me the spam of old, which was at least totally hilarious. It’s unfortunate that the story in it’s entirety seems to be gone, it was quite the saga. I spent days enjoying it 🙂

Then there’s the scammers, and w00t!…as soon as I finally collect from all those poor widows and cancerous folks, I’m going to be a bazillionaire! It’s fairly amusing to read about the folks that actually take the time to string the scammers along for a while.

The saddest part of all, is that my blog is so lame, that’s about all the comments I get. Except for my few ever faithful and I thank you my friends, for that. You are so much more interesting reading than plowing through pages of spam to see if there is anything worthwhile in there. (P.S. I remember when I first started I wanted to publish the spam, just so I’d have some comments! :P).

Please send a few for my sister-in-law. She fell on her front steps and injured her neck. They performed surgery and have her on steroids for swelling. At this time she can shrug her shoulders but cannot feel or move anything lower in her arms or legs. She is the sweetest person, I’m so hoping this is temporary.

My mom sent me the genealogy tracing us back to various kings and other interesting folks. I thought I’d see if I could find pictures of my illustrious ancestors. I think they didn’t have very good artists in those days or else I’m descended from a very long line of ugly 🙂

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I’ve had two letters from my original mortgage …what do I call him? handler?…telling me this was a good time to refinance, even though I haven’t even been here 4 years yet. I had my car and house insurance with the same company, and had a supposed discount for that. Since I now have a car loan and needed full coverage, it got crazy.
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I was visiting with my neighbor. You know, the one who has done my dishes, mowed my lawn all summer, shoveled my walks this winter and helped whenever he could, while I was feeling awful. I feel I’ve done so little in return. Amidst our random chatting he mentioned his son again. The son he hasn’t seen for 20-25 years. His wife divorced him and moved across the country, remarried. He didn’t know where they were.

So just for the heck of it, I Googled him. Found him (or at least what we thought might be him) on Facebook. I sent him a message and got a reply right away. I gave him his dad’s phone number and he wrote back saying he just tried calling but got the answering machine. I said that would be because he was sitting here next to me. lol… So my friend hustled on home and I told his new found son to call him back. He was so afraid to have me write, thinking his son might want nothing to do with him. I think we were both shocked at the immediate reply.

Yeah, that was my awesome moment for the day. I think that goes triple for William 😉 Brought back memories of how awesome it was to finally meet my son (I had put him up for adoption) after only holding him one time in the hospital.

Events like Haiti’s earthquake bring my own little trials into perspective. I don’t consider that a good thing…for them I mean. Way to trivialize a horrendous event Anita. My heart goes out to all of those people and their poor families who are still waiting for word on their loved ones. I feel compelled to offer a meager amount of money for their aid, even though I’m actually in the hole this month. Me being in the hole will pass faster than their suffering will. Sometimes I wish I was there to help, then I realize that I can barely stand in line at the store for ten minutes so I guess my small donation to the Red Cross will have to do. I urge everyone to do the same, remember…”There, but by the grace of God, go I.” I feel so helpless, I have nothing to offer but compassion…and my prayers.

“Have compassion for all beings, rich and poor alike; each has their suffering. Some suffer too much, others too little.” ~Buddha